"M> Hi Folks,
"M>
"M> I'm not sure if ripping is possible, and would appreciate any success
"M> stories, including version numbers of the tools you use.
"M>
"M> I've been researching and experimenting with various tools for many
"M> hours today, and when "dagrab" actually started reading by backpack
"M> CDRW, I thought I was there, but it failed after several minutes, and an
"M> estimate of 1 and a half hours for 1 song!
"M>
"M> I am using Redhat 7.1, with kernel 2.4.9-12. I was able to play music CDs
"M> using the stock "grip", but ripping would fail with the "unable to open
"M> CDROM"
"M> error. Research turned up info on using SCSI devices, but nothing regarding
"M> pcd0 or pg0 as a device.

Most of the Linux utilities relating to CD-R/RWs (such as cdrtools) and
I guess ripping are for SCSI devices. This includes psuedo-SCSI (such
as ide-scsi). USB and Firewire mass storage devices also show up as
psuedo-SCSI devices. I would presume you would need to use some sort of
???-scsi module to make your parallel port CDRW look like a SCSI CDRW,
somehow. I've only ever messed with real-live SCSI CD-R/RWs, so I
don't have any first hand knowledge of this. I believe that the
"backpack" devices are actually a form of ide-over-parallel-port, so it
*might* be possible to use the ide-scsi module to make your backpack
CD-RW look like a SCSI CD-RW, which might make your cdrtools happy.

"M>
"M> I tried to install the latest cdrtools at
"M> http://xcdroast.sourceforge.net/RPMS/a14/redhat-7.1/
"M> but unfortunately their special (recommened) version of mkisofs requires
"M> glibc 2.2.3 and I only have 2.2.2, and do not want to open that can of
"M> worms,
"M> unless I know for sure the end goal is possible.
"M>
"M> Any and all information, is welcome, and Thanks,
"M>
"M> John (I hope it's possible!)
"M>
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